Year and State wise Number of Passports Issued in India (as of May 2026)
The dataset consists of the Year and State wise number of passports issued. The data is taken from the Dashboard of Ministry of External Affairs.
Note:
1. The data is only till January 2026.
2. Parts of certain states fall under different RPOs. For instance, Haryana is partially covered by the Delhi RPO as well as Chandigarh RPO. Other such areas include: RPO Guwahati covers five other North-Eastern States, RPO Chandigarh covers parts of Punjab and Haryana, RPO Delhi covers parts of Haryana, RPO Kolkata covers Sikkim, Tripura, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, RPO Cochin covers Lakshadweep, RPO Tiruchirappalli covers Puducherry, RPO Mumbai covers Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
Year and State wise Number of Passports Issued in India (as of May 2026)
The dataset consists of the Year and State wise number of passports issued. The data is taken from the Dashboard of Ministry of External Affairs.
Note:
1. The data is only till January 2026.
2. Parts of certain states fall under different RPOs. For instance, Haryana is partially covered by the Delhi RPO as well as Chandigarh RPO. Other such areas include: RPO Guwahati covers five other North-Eastern States, RPO Chandigarh covers parts of Punjab and Haryana, RPO Delhi covers parts of Haryana, RPO Kolkata covers Sikkim, Tripura, and Andaman and Nicobar Islands, RPO Cochin covers Lakshadweep, RPO Tiruchirappalli covers Puducherry, RPO Mumbai covers Dadar & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
The calendar year to which the passport issuance data pertains.
state
String
36
469
The Indian state or union territory for which passport issuance figures are reported.
passports_issued
Int64
467
469
The total number of passports issued in the given state and year.
unit
String
1
469
The unit of measurement for the reported figures, indicating values are absolute counts of passports issued.
note
String
2
36
Supplementary remark about the data, such as the cutoff date through which passport issuance figures were compiled.
Citation
Ministry of External Affairs. (2026). Year and State wise Number of Passports Issued in India (as of May 2026) [Data set]. Dataful. https://dataful.in/datasets/20691
